Events

14/10/2010 RMIT Business Postgraduate Study Expo
Don't wait for your boss to retire. Go further in your career. Apply for postgrad study at RMIT. This expo offers information on practical business programs offered by RMIT.

31/08/2010 Calcium transporters in cancer
A seminar by Associate Professor Gregory Monteith, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland.

27/08/2010 Round Table on Constitutional Patriotism and Identity
Held by the ANU Centre for European Studies.

18/08/2010 Entrepreneurship Lecture Series
RMIT Entrepreneur in Residence program invites you to join us for this Entrepreneurship Lecture.

03/08/2010 European Identity: Between Politics and Fiction
Presented by José Ovejero, prize winning author of novels, short stories, travel books, plays and poetry.

27/07/2010 Seminar: Glycine receptors as therapeutic targets
A seminar by Professor Joe Lynch, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

15/07/2010 Design Challenge 2010: Crime Forum
The 2010 Design Challenge, an initiative of RMIT's Design Research Institute, brings together academic and industry researchers and specialists across a broad range of sectors to generate innovative transdisciplinary design proposals in response to the issues raised by crime.

29/06/2010 Seminar: Novel cardiotonic effects of neuregulin peptides
A seminar by Professor Bob M Graham AO, Executive Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Des Renford Professor of Medicine, UNSW.

09/06/2010 Design Challenge 2010: Crime Matchmaking
How could your research and creative thinking contribute to the urgent and topical issue of crime prevention, mitigation and recovery? Be part of the RMIT University Design Research Institute (DRI) 2010 Design Challenge: Crime.

02/06/2010 Europe in Turmoil: The Ongoing Aftermath of the Global Recession
An examination of the UK elections, Greek deficit/debt crisis, the plunging Euro and globalising pressures in the European context.

25/05/2010 Seminar: Structure and function of bacterial mechanosensitive channels
A seminar by Professor Boris Martinac, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow and Conjoint Professor UNSW, Molecular Cardiology and Biophysics Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

10/05/2010 Jumping the valley of death - University transfer and commercialisation
A seminar by Chris Behrenbruch, Chief Business Officer, Fibron Technologies, Inc., Chief Executive Officer (Acting) ImaginAb, Inc. and Founder and Non-Executive Director, Mirada Medical.

19/04/2010 Tibet – the third pole: climate change and the fate of Tibet’s nomads
This seminar on 19 April will explore solutions to the environmental and social crisis unfolding in Tibet and China. It will discuss the critical importance of Tibet to today’s world and how Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile are helping shape the future of their homeland. It will feature expert speakers, a multimedia presentation and Q&A session.

19/02/2010 Genomics and genetics in nutrition - about mechanisms, efficacy, disposition and programming
A seminar by Prof. Martin Kussmann, Group Leader Functional Genomics, Bioanalytical Science, Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland.

18/02/2010 Soluble epoxide hydrolase as a clinical target for inflammation, hypertension and pain
The Health Innovations Research Institute and the School of Medical Sciences invite you to attend a seminar by Professor Bruce Hammock.

11/12/2009 Molecular sensors for salt sensitivity, tissue injury, inflammation, and metabolic disorders
A seminar by Professor Donna Wang: Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Nanomedicine and Molecular Intervention; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Michigan State University.

08/12/2009 Current Frontiers in the Neurosciences
A lecture by Professor Erwin Neher. Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany, Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine, 1991.

07/12/2009 Workshop: Identification, Environmental Modelling and Control
Professors Liuping Wang, Hugues Garnier and Tony Jackman hosted a workshop in celebration of Professor Peter Young’s (University of Lancaster, UK) 70th birthday and his research contributions to identification, environmental modelling and control.

30/11/2009 Lecture by Dr Irmgard Irminger-Finger
The BRCA1-BARD1 ubiquitin ligase antagonized by cancer-associated BARD1 isoforms - Monday 30th of November.

14/10/2009 Come and see RMIT's Entrepreneurial Stars Shine
RMIT's Business Plan Competition helps students to take their great ideas and turn them into successful businesses or other ventures. With $70,000 total prizes available there is a lot at stake for the entrants. Come along to the 2009 Business Plan Competition Awards Night, meet the finalist teams, hear about their innovative business concepts and see who takes out the $25,000 first prize.

29/06/2009 Nautilus/ADF Book launch
Naultilus at RMIT presents the Australian Forces Abroad Briefing Book series launch on the 29th June, 2009.

21/11/2008 Textile Design Graduate Show 2008
This year, final year textile design students showcase their work to the community, prospective applicants and to our industry partners, inside the Telstra Building at the corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale streets in the heart of Melbourne.

22/10/2008 Fashion and Textiles Postgraduate Information Evening
The School Fashion and Textiles will be having their Postgraduate Information Evening for the Master of Fashion and Textiles on Wednesday, 22nd October.

07/10/2008 Collegiate Session - Sustainability
The School of Fashion & Textiles is holding another Collegiate session with key speaker Professor Ian Thomas, Research Associate from Computer Science & Information Technology. Ian will be presenting on the research into Sustainability issues by Global Studies, Social Science and Planning (GSSSP).

22/09/2008 Studio Textiles - Textile Workshops
Studio Textiles is holding a series of textile workshops in the first week of the September holidays. The workshops are run by students and help raise funds for their graduate show "Unfold".

22/07/2008 Celebrating Tapestry
On Tuesday 22 July RMIT Brunswick will be celebrating tapestry. The Vice Chancellor and President of RMIT University will be cutting the new suite of RMIT tapestries from the loom.

// $4m State Government funding for Research and Education Centre on Bullock Island

// Young designer cottons on to success
Cotton is making its way from the farm to the fashion runway thanks to the avant garde creations of up-and-coming Australian designers including award-winning RMIT University fashion student Lillian Josevska.

// Celebrating Federation in the land of meat and tea
In 1901 the Australian population was 95 per cent British, and so the diet reflected these Anglo-Saxon roots with an emphasis on 'meat and tea', according to recent research conducted by RMIT University's Department of Food Science.

// Forensic science at work: National Science Week 2001
Did you know that an Australian is reported missing every 14 minutes?

// Kick goals for your dollar and for the environment
Ask your plumber to consider your back pocket to help the environment. This is the action a new project, to be launched tomorrow by Essendon coach and former plumber, Kevin Sheedy, is recommending consumers take in order to make informed decisions that are sound economically and environmentally.

// Business successes of the future being incubated at RMIT

// New program arms students with real-world business skills

// Give chocolate for a guilt free Valentine’s Day
Studies by researchers at RMIT University indicate that chocolate is not bad for you, making it the ideal Valentine’s gift for lovers across the globe.

// Australian and American artists band up for 'Six Degrees of Collaboration'

// Program adds colour to science careers
Year 10 students across Victoria will be shown that science is an exciting career option at RMIT University’s Siemens Science Experience at the university’s city campus from 23 to 25 January 2001.

// Jonathon Porritt calls for more education on state of environment

// New breed of entrepreneurs directing their own education
The innovation of young Australians is being recognised through a new program at RMIT University that aims to nurture a new breed of entrepreneurs very different to those of the 1980s. The undergraduate degree adopts an innovative ‘teaching by demand’ approach where learning is relevant to the issues experienced by students.

// The Future Is Here: 2001 National Environmental Education Conference

// New garden design short courses for work or pleasure

// Anita Roddick and Richard Branson step aside, a new breed of entrepreneurs is set to influence business
The innovation of young Australians is being recognised through a new program at RMIT University that aims to nurture a new breed of entrepreneurs very different to those of the 1980s.

// RMIT University response to reports on outcomes of Australia Institute survey into higher education
“All RMIT University students receive the same treatment and have equal access to university services irrespective whether they are full fee paying, international or HECS students.

// RMIT University shares federal research funding
RMIT University will share in a $325 million Federal Government funding package through the establishment of two new co-operative research centres: the Centre for Smart Internet Technology and the Centre for Construction Innovation.

// Malaysian Government officers and Australian university share knowledge
Best practice in public sector evaluation is the topic of discussion between 15 senior Malaysian Government officers and academics at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, in a visit to participate in a six week intensive evaluation course.

// Innovation – university hears how
The launch of the Federal Government’s Innovation Statement on Monday has been followed by much debate in the media about the merits of its key components. Regardless of how the debate progresses, universities, as nurturers of knowledge and talent, have been given a clearer vision for the future.

// RMIT Gallery to be transformed into a salon of desire during 2001 Melbourne Fashion Festival

// New RMIT Masters program delivers communication-driven IT solutions

// RMIT professor and student shortlisted for Australia's top sculpture honour

// New university an investment in Vietnam’s future
A further investment will be made into a skilled workforce in Vietnam with the launch of the RMIT International University Vietnam (RIUV) City Campus programs in Ho Chi Minh City on 16 February 2001.

// Online education alliance leaders meet in Melbourne